Window shade and curtain fixture



Nov. 17 1925- w. LE BLANC WINDOW SHADE m1) CURTAIN FIXTURE Filed June 18, 1924' 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Nov. 17 1925. 1,561,652

w. LE BLANC WINDOW SHADE AND CURTAIN FIXTURE Filed June 18, 1924 Sheets-Sheet 2 4 'L J 7 r L 2 1 gwucntoz Patented Nov. 17, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT oer-ice.

WILLIAM LE BLANG, or SHERIDAN, MAINE.

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Application filed June 18, 1924. Serial No. 720,818.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM Ln BLANG, a citizen of the United States, residing at Sheridan, in the county of Aroostook and State of Maine, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a lVindow Shade and Curtain Fixture, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in window shade and curtain fixtures and has for its principal object to provide a simple and eflicient means which may be readily and easily secured in position on a window frame without defacing the same. I i

A furtherobject of the invention is to provide a device of the above mentioned character, which is simple in construction, inexpensive, strong and durable and furthermore adapted for the purposes for which it is designated.

Other objects and advantages of this invention will become apparent during the course of the :following description.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this speclfication and in which like numerals designate like partsthroughout the same:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of my improved window shade and curtain pole fixture showing the same in position on a window casing. 1

Figure 2 is a top plan view thereof. Figure 3 is a sectional view taken approxin'iately on line 33 of Figure 1.. 1

Figure l a side elevation, of one of the units. i i "Figure 5 is an enlarged fragmentary detail view of the adjusting meansqfor the curtain pole.

Figure 6 is a detail perspective view of one of the supporting plates, and Figure 7 is a fragmentary detail perspective view of the lower end of the curtain pole supporting bracket.

In the drawings wherein for the purpose on the window casing adjacent the sides thereof and theforward ends of the plates extend laterally from the window casing and are further provided with elongated slots such as the one shown at 5, the pur pose of which will hereinafter be more fully described.

Adapted to be supported by the plates 1 and 2 are the shade and curtain fixtures and as the same are of substantially the same construction, the description of one is thought to suffice for the description of both. A substantially horizontally extending arm 6 has its inner end twisted as illustrated at 7 so that the inner end 8 of the arm is disposed in a plane substantially at right angles to the arm and the inner end is adapted to be received in the slot 5 of each of the plates in the manner clearly illustrated in the drawings whereby the arm 6 will he rigidly supported by the sup porting plate. Secured to the intermediate portion of the arm 6 is the shade bracket 9, the securing means therefor being illustrated at 10. The shade bracket extends downwardly from the arm 6 in a plane substantially parallel to the window frame or casing A and the lower end of the shade bracket is provided with a longitudinally extending slot 11. One of the shade brackets is provided with a slot or notch. 12 on the "intermediate portion. thereof for receiving is the upper end of the curtain pole bracket 14. The securing means is illustrated at 15. The curtain pole bracket extends downwardly and inwardly so that the intermediate portion thereof engages the low er end of the shade bracket 9 and is further provided ,with an elongated slot 16 for cooperation with the elongated slot 11 provided in the lower end of the shade bracket for receiving the fastening member 17 whereby the curtain pole bracket may be adjusted with respect to the shade bracket in the manner as is obvious from the construction illustrated. The upper end of the curtain pole bracket 14 is rovided with a slot or notch 18 for receivin one end of the curtain pole, it being un erstood that the other curtain pole bracket is also similarly slotted to receive the other end of the curtain pole.

The curtain pole bracket l l tapers gradually toward its lower end and terminates in the laterally extending foot 19, the same being adapted to engage .the window casing or frame A in the manner clearly illustrated in Figures 1 and 4 of the drawings whereby a bearing for the lower portion of each curtain pole bracket is provided.

The curtain pole is designated generally by the numeral QO-and the same con'iprises the rectangular section 21 and the section 22 which has its inner end slidably supported in the inner end of the rectangular section and any suitable means such as is illustrated at 28 is provided for holding the sections in various adjusted positions between the curtain pole brackets l t in the slots 18 whereby the same may be adjusted to any desired width.

A shade guide such as illustrated generally by the numeral 24 in the drawing com prises a pair of cooperating adjustable seetions 2-5 and 26 respectively which have their inner ends adjustably fastened together and the outer ends thereof extend laterally and cooperate with the fastening members 17 which adjustably secure the intermediate portions of the curtain brackets and the shade brackets in the manner clearly illustrated in Figure 4 of the drawings. The window shade will extend in front of the shade guide 24 in the manner clearly illustrated in Figures 1 and 3 of the drawings and will further prevent the spreading of the window shade.

The provision of a combined window siade and curtain fixture of the character above described enables each unit to be readily detachahly supported on the window casing through the medium of the supporting plates and the inner ends of the horizontal arms 6. This will obviate the necessity of arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention and the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is 1. In a shade and curtain fixture, an apertured plate secured to the top of the window casing, an arm detachably supported at one end in said apertured plate and extending laterally therefrom, a shade bracket extending downwardly from the arm in acplane parallel to the window casing, and a curtain bracket secured at its upper end to the outer end of said arm, the intermediate portion thereof being secured to the lower end of the shade bracket, the lower end of the curtain bracket engaging the window casing.

2. In a shade and curtain fixture, a plate secured to the top of a window casing. the forward end thereof extending forwardly of said casing and being provided with a slot, .1 horizontal supporting arm having its inner end extending through .the slot and supported by the plate, a shade bracket extending downwardly from the intermediate portion of said arm in a plane parallel to the window casing, a curtain bracket secured at its upper end to the outer end of the hori zontal arm, the intermediate portion thereof engagin the lower end of the shade bracket, means Ior adjustably securing the shade bracket and the curtain pole bracket together, the lower end of the curtain pole bracket terminating in a. laterally extending foot for engagement: with the window casing.

3. In a shade and eurtain fixture, a pair of plates secured to the top of a window casing adjacent the side thereof, a horizontally ex tending arm detachably supported at its inner end on each of said plates, a shade brarket extending; downwardly from the in termediate portion of each arm in a plane parallel to the window casing, acurtai-n pole bracket secured at its upper-end to the outer end of each arm and extending downwardly and inwardly therefrom. the intermediate portion of each curtain pole bracket being adjustably secured to the lower end of each shade bracket, the lower end of-each curtain pole bracket being provide with a lateral extension for engagement with the window casing, and a shade guide secured at its outer ends to the lower end of the shade bracket.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

7 WILLIAM LE BLANC. 

